TOPIC: wider seat options?

About two months ago I dislocated my tailbone in a small stack, was a very painful experience, finally now I can ride again, but only for maybe 20 minutes before the pain starts to become unbearable. I have bought an airhawk but it doesn't do much.

I need a wider seat as my arse bones are about an inch wider than the seat thus a lot of pressure goes to my tailbone.

So can anyone recommend an option hopefully local (as in Oz) maybe a seat mod or a whole new seat. I am aware of corbin etc but would like to go Aussie if possible (and cheaper).

After reading the thread in the DRZ sub-forum on the Thumpertalk site about the seats from seatconcepts.com in the US I decided to order one. As mentioned by "bundyjd" the cost about $210.00 aussie including postage. I ordered the seat very early Tuesday morning and it arrived the following Wednesday morning. I have only placed the foam and cover on the seat base to see how it fits, so far I am very impressed. I will be doing the full mounting by the end of this week hopefully. I will post some photos and comments after I get in a good ride by about the 10th of June if all goes well time wise.

I did set this up and have been using the seat since then. I have been very happy with my decision to buy this seat. When I bought the bike a couple of months earlier I very quickly realized that I was not comfortable on the seat and found that riding was not without pain, 50 years old doesn't help and had not rode a bike for 30 years. After installing this seat most of these issues have gone away and I have no problems riding for up to 8 hours in the bush tracks with this seat.

I have included the following pictures to show a comparison and various stages. This is not intended as a "how to", just what it looks like.

The price Australian Cumfy Motorcycle Seats is going to charge for doing my seat using my old seat pan is only $9.95 cheaper than Adventure Moto (Australian supplier of the Seat Concepts motorbike seats), who will do me a complete seat, mounted on a aftermarket pan and I get to keep my old seat as a back up.

xrman wrote:

contact aussie comfy motorcycle seats and ask to have your seat widened and use softer foam. It costs a few hundred dollars. i am sending mine soon for surgery.